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Offline Blazin

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Something went bang!
« on: February 16, 2012, 06:31:22 pm »
Guy I know owns a prefab house place in the town I live in. He builds sides on palettes and fills them with all the scraps. I got ten of them tonight for use in the arch making maple syrup. I towed the trailer over to my buddies house that has the sap house. I got almost to the top of his driveway and something in the rear end went bang!!! Right rear axle is walking out of the housing. Parked it, he gave me a ride home. Will have to go pull the cover tomorrow night!!!
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Re: Something went bang!
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2012, 06:49:19 pm »
Stinks, but could have been worse.  You could have been on the road instead...
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Re: Something went bang!
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2012, 07:11:17 pm »
Oh I know that!!
Just a not real loud bang, no crunchy crunchy, or grinding afterward or anything! I backed the trailer down his driveway. unhooked, and drove it back to the top in front x4 .
 I am hoping it just sheared the axle off. I have replaced both axles in the past because the splines were twisted to the point that they were offset from the part of them that wasn't in the spider gears. It has a gov lock, and its has always worked very well.
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Re: Something went bang!
« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2012, 07:53:02 pm »
Just finished up my rear end tonight from one of those bangs.
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Re: Something went bang!
« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2012, 05:47:15 am »
Quote from: Donut on February 16, 2012, 06:49:19 pm
Stinks, but could have been worse.  You could have been on the road instead...

     Thankfully you were not doing 60 + when it happened, now that would have sucked.
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Re: Something went bang!
« Reply #5 on: February 17, 2012, 03:30:07 pm »
Was this in yellow snow?
I have a spare 14 bolt SF with 4.10'S.
If you need it its yours.
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Re: Something went bang!
« Reply #6 on: February 17, 2012, 08:03:37 pm »
Yes in Yellow Snow. It has 3:42s.
 I Have another rear in a C20 thats 3:42 ratio, but I don't really want to disable that truck.
I pulled the cover tonight. Its just the right side axle snapped off outside the spider gear.
I picked up a pair of axles, 14 bolt SF, and a 10 bolt from a guy I grew up with tonight. 3:73 ratio. I'm just going to rob the axle for now. Think this summer I will swap in the front end, and swap over my knuckles as they have all new ball joints, and my axles as I bought them brand new last year from Randy's ring and Pinion. 40% stronger than stock. I have a 3:73 FF rear end I pulled out of one of my mid 70's rigs years ago. I will do all new brakes on it and put it in the rear.

I priced an axle today. $458 from GM, and $315 from Randy's Ring and Pinion.
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Re: Something went bang!
« Reply #7 on: February 18, 2012, 06:29:45 am »
Quote from: fitz on February 17, 2012, 03:30:07 pm
Was this in yellow snow?

Quote from: Blazin on February 17, 2012, 08:03:37 pm
Yes in Yellow Snow.

     Ok you 2, I know the joke when you are a kid about not eating yellow snow, but this has to be something different.  Is this a east coast thing ?  Enlighten me please.
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Re: Something went bang!
« Reply #8 on: February 18, 2012, 08:34:15 am »
You can see the famous yellow snow plow rig behind the magnum.
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Offline Blazin

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Re: Something went bang!
« Reply #9 on: February 18, 2012, 08:56:23 am »
This is Yellow Snow.


This is why its called yellow Snow!

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Re: Something went bang!
« Reply #10 on: February 19, 2012, 08:08:35 am »
      Sorry I knew that, just forgot you nicknamed your truck yellow snow.  ???   I guess my mind was off in a different area wondering what in the heck actual yellow snow could mean. ;D
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Re: Something went bang!
« Reply #11 on: February 19, 2012, 08:35:34 am »
I found what went bang!!


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Re: Something went bang!
« Reply #12 on: February 19, 2012, 08:37:21 am »
     Was that the outer spline part of the axle ?
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Re: Something went bang!
« Reply #13 on: February 19, 2012, 09:01:24 am »
Good thing you have access to a few chevy parts Blazin'.  ;D
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Re: Something went bang!
« Reply #14 on: February 19, 2012, 09:04:57 am »
Boy did you luck out on that... That chunk could have wiped out the ring and pinion if given the chance, not to mention if the axle walked out...
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